Merry Christmas!

Hello everyone,

First of all, I want to congratulate you on an AMAZING performance the other night! I could not have asked for better. You had fun and played from the soul. What more could a conductor ask for??

Following is a list of music that we will be taking a look at on our first rehearsal back on January 5. We will be choosing our festival music from that list.

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Adagio, Albinoni

Variation Overture – Williams

Broadway Journey – Christensen

Chant and Jubilo, McBeth

Dave Brubeck: A Portrait In Time

Exaltation, Swearingen

Motown Revue

The Silent Hills of My Childhood, Farmer

I'm also ordering two new pieces called "Three Scottish Vistas" and "Go West". "Go West" looks like a lot of fun. It's a medley of music from several westerns.

I hope each of you has a truly blessed Christmas and I look forward to seeing you in 2010!

Karen

Rehearsal Schedule for December 2

Hello everyone,

Sorry the delay in getting this up. I was up to my eyeballs with parent-teacher interviews!

Just a few quick things. I've put up a recording of Carol Triptych on the blog. Just click on "MP3 Audio" when you get there. Also, thanks to Bonnie for taking care of handing out tickets for the concert. Please remember to sell as many as you can. Money received or extra tickets need to be returned to Bonnie.

Also, for anyone interested, there will be a concert at the Salvation Army Church at 7:30 on Saturday night.

Here's the focus for next week:
1. Silver Bells - tuning and putting all the parts together with the tempo changes.
2. Carol Triptych - Please focus on the last section - Sing We Now of Christmas. We need to put it together as an ensemble so it's important that everyone has their parts learned.
3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas - We'll work on "Welcome Christmas" as well as the transitions between the different songs of the medley.
4. Carol of the Candle - We will work on the whole piece, focusing on tuning, balance and blend.

See you next week!

Karen

Rehearsal Schedule for Tuesday, November 24

Hi everyone,

Here's some information for the next week:

1. LCBS Annual General Meeting - 10:00 a.m. at the Bowman Arts Centre
2. If anyone is interested in getting the music for Carol Triptych before next week, please contact Tracy.
3. The music we will be rehearsing next week is as follows:
a. Carol Triptych
b. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
c. Carol of the Candle
d. Silver Bells
4. The concert information is: Saturday, December 12, 7:00 pm, Southminster United Church

Thanks everyone and have a great week!

Karen

Concert Information

There is one important thing that I forgot to mention as part of our uniform on Sunday:

PLEASE WEAR A POPPY!

Thanks for your hard work everyone and I look forward to a terrific performance on Sunday. My special thanks go to our concert organizing committee: David Kaminski, Laurie Kaminski, Chad Tinordi and Bonnie Plewes.

Please remember that there will be no rehearsal on Tuesday, November 10. However, music will be available to be handed out at the concert on Sunday so you can have a look. We will be performing 3 or 4 pieces at the Mayor's Concert and will be selecting that music from the many that you will get on Sunday.

One more thing. My school is selling poinsettias for Christmas as a fundraiser and part of that money goes to my band program. If anyone is interested in buying some please let me know. They are available in red, pink and white and are $12 each. How's that for a shameless plug?!

Rehearsal Schedule for Tuesday, November 3

Hello everyone,

Please remember that rehearsal will be extended from 7:15 to 9:45 next week. If possible, try to arrive before 7:15 so that we can begin on time.

Here's the schedule:

1. Sing-Along
2. Hymn to the Fallen
3. Royal Air Force
4. Brigadier General Stewart
5. Duke Ellington
6. On Parade
7. Eventide
8. Military Escort
9. O Canada
10. God Save the Queen

My goal is to work on the "trouble" spots for each one and then run through everything in concert order. The concert order is:

O Canada
Royal Air Force March Past
Hymn to the Fallen
On Parade
Eventide
Military Escort
(Lethbridge Legion Pipe Band)
Duke Ellington
Sing-Along
Brigadier General Stewart March
God Save the Queen

There will not be an intermission and I'm estimating that the concert will be just over an hour. Please tell your friends and family! Let's fill the Legion!

Also, I received an email from Peggy regarding our drumming/ensemble workshop. It sounds like January 15/16 will work the best for the U of L folks. Please let me know if that won't work for you.

See you next week!

Karen

Rehearsal Schedule for Tuesday, October 20

Hello everyone,

Thanks for a terrific rehearsal tonight. I really feel that things are coming together well.

Here is what I would like you to focus on for next week:

1. Practise with your tuner. See how long you can hold a note in tune and keep it steady. Try different notes, different registers and different dynamic levels. Notice what happens as you crescendo and decrescendo. Watch what happens when accent the beginning of the note or start the note very softly.

2. On Parade: Measures 1 - 38

3. Hymn to the Fallen: Listen to the recording provided on this blog. We will be rehearsing all of it.

4. Royal Air Force March Past: Measures 7 - 38 - Focus on precise articulations and exact rhythms.

5. Duke Ellington: Measures 38 - 54 - RHYTHMS!!!

6. He's Gone Away: All. Have a listen to the recording that I've linked to on this blog. Practise playing through it and seeing if you can tell where you need to bring your parts out and where you need blend into the background. Write in your own crescendoes, decrescendoes and breath marks to help you with phrasing and musicality. Make your own musical decisions!

7. Military Escort - run through

8. Eventide - 66 - end

Reminder:

Please try to arrive no later than 7:20 so that you can be warmed up, tuned and ready to play by 7:30!

Rehearsal Schedule for October 13

Hello everyone,

Apparently the thoughts of turkeys dancing in my head made me forget to post last week after I planned the rehearsal! My apologies but here it is!

Foundations Concert Bb Interval Study, p.11 and Concert F Around the Band
Royal Air Force (Trio)
Eventide (all)
Sing-Along
Duke Ellington (Don't Get Around Much Anymore and Take the A Train)
Hymn to the Fallen
He's Gone Away
On Parade (up to trio)

Rehearsal Schedule for Tuesday, October 6

Here it is!

Foundations: Concert F Around the Band and Interval Study (P. 11)
Duke Ellington (Review 38-55, Work Mood Indigo and Caravan)
He's Gone Away (Review 1-28, 29-end)
Royal Air Force (7-38)
Hymn to the Fallen (all)
On Parade (Trio-end)
Eventide (ending - working backwards)
Military Escort

Rehearsal Schedule for Tuesday, September 29

Hello everyone,

Please accept my apologies for not getting this blog up way earlier in the week! It seems that life got ahead of me. I will have next week's schedule up by tomorrow night. I have attached the rehearsal schedule below and I have also added some information to the left hand side on several of the pieces that we are working on. If you click on the link to a particular piece, then click on mp3 recording you will be able to listen to it.

Onwards to a brand new week! Here's what we are doing:

Foundations: Concert F Around the Band with a "twist"
Foundations: Interval Study (p. 11)
Duke Ellington: Measures 1 - 55
He's Gone Away: All
Break
Royal Air Force: Measures 1 - 38
Eventide: Working backwards from the end
On Parade: Review the beginning then focusing on trio and ending
Hymn to the Fallen: All

See you tonight!

Karen

Rehearsal Schedule for September 22

Here is the rehearsal schedule for next week:

Warm-up:
Foundations - p. 2, Concert F Around the Band
Foundations - p. 11, Scale in 3rds, Interval Study

Hymn to the Fallen

Duke Ellington - measures 1 to 55

He's Gone Away

Military Escort (all)

Eventide (ending)

On Parade (Trio - TRUMPETS!!!)

Ave Maria

Red Baron (1 - 43)

Questions to Ponder:
We had a lengthy discussion regarding the vertical structure of the first part of "On Parade". First of all, why is it important for me as a conductor to know this? Also, why isn't it enough that I know it? Why should I pass it on to you?

And again I ask in regards to "Hymn to the Fallen", how do we musically convey a feeling of reverence?

I look forward to hearing some of your thoughts!

Karen

Rehearsal Schedule for September 15

Hi Everyone,

Here is the rehearsal plan for Tuesday, September 15:

1. Foundations:
Concert F Around the Band - P. 2
Concert Bb Scale Patterns 1 & 2, P. 10 (Winds), P. 64 (Snare)

2. On Parade

3. Ave Maria

4. The Red Baron

5. Hymn to the Fallen

6. Duke Ellington

7. Eventide

8. Military Escort

You will notice that several pieces like "Royal Air Force March Past" and "He's Gone Away" are not on the list. However, we will still be working on these next week.

See you Tuesday!

Karen

Information for the 2009/2010 Season

Greetings everyone and welcome back!

Following you will find a schedule for the upcoming year, my goals for this season, as well as information regarding communication and attendance. All of this will be presented at the orientation on Wednesday, September 2.

Tuesday, Sept. 8 - First Rehearsal
Friday, Oct. 16 - Sunday, Oct. 18 - Banff Retreat
Sunday, Nov. 9 - Always & Forever Concert
Saturday, December 12 - Mayor's Concert
Tuesday, Jan. 5 - First Rehearsal
Tuesday, March 16 - Kiwanis Festival
Sunday, June 5 - Spring Concert
Thursday, July 1 - Canada Day

2. Communication
Communication is so important considering how busy our lives are. I like to use several methods to communicate with my members. First of all, I will be giving each member my email address, home number and cell number in case I need to be reached. In addition, I have a blog that I will be updating at least once a week. The purpose of this blog is outline for the members what exactly the goals will be for the upcoming rehearsal so that they will know what to be working on during the course of the week. I also like to post recordings, information about pieces and any other interesting pieces of information and upcoming events that members may find useful. It is the responsibility of each member to regularly check this blog.

3. Attendance
It goes without saying that attendance at each and every rehearsal is important. What more can I say? If a member misses more than 3 rehearsals between concerts, that member may be asked to not play that concert and return for the next session. This will be done at the discretion of the conductor. In addition, if someone is going to be absent of even late then the section leader must be notified. Section leaders will be clearly identified and contact information will be given. As of this year, we will be needing to keep track of how we do with this issue.

4. Practising
Investing our time in practice is like investing money, smaller amounts, regularly and frequently will yield greater returns than large, infrequent and irregular amounts.

Silver band members are asked to achieve 3 or 4 sessions of 20 to 30 minutes each week outside of rehearsals.

5. Goals
This year, it is my goal:
To develop individual musicianship by:
1. Asking members to make their own musical decisions, rather than having a “top-down” approach from the conductor.
2. Encouraging members to set their own personal musical short-term and long-term goals.

To improve member involvement, team building and pride in the ensemble in the following ways:
1. More responsibility for individual members
2. More performance opportunities.
3. More high-quality workshops and clinicians.

To prepare a carefully laid-out literature-based skill development plan for the 2009/2010 season.
1. I will be preparing a yearly plan based on what performances we will be in and the music we will be preparing for them. In addition, I will look at which musical skills need to be addressed and how each piece of music will accomplish achieving these goals.

To be fully prepared in a wide variety of literature for each performance.
1. For each performance, I will choose a range of music that will appeal to the musicians and the audience, but at the same time have a high educational value that will further the development of the band.
2. I will continue to spend time each week carefully studying the scores so that I have a full understanding of the music. Then I can clearly identify (to myself and to the band) which sections need to be worked on.

To work on tone quality and tuning.
1. Each week, we will be working in the “Foundations for Superior Performance Book”. This will help us with many aspects of musicianship, especially tone quality and tuning. This will then help us apply what we have learned to our performance pieces.

I want to finish by reminding everyone to remember our motto, “We Love Music”. Never forget that every single one of us is here for the same reason. We love music. We need to make the most out of our time together each week. To do that, we must respect ourselves, each other and our great ensemble. We are not just individuals or sections. We are a band. A band that has so much to be proud of. With a positive attitude and pride in what we do, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish. So let’s have fun and make some music.

Tuesday, June 23

Hello everyone,

Just a reminder that the rehearsal will be at St. Joseph School tomorrow evening and we will go from 7:30 to 9:00.

Please bring a flash drive if you wish to get a recording of the concert.

Thanks!

Karen

Banff Music Retreat

Hello everyone,

I'd like to share with you my tentative plans for next year:

1. Banff Music Retreats - Oct. 16-18, 2009
2. Always & Forever - November 8, 2009
3. Mayor's Concert - December 12, 2009
4. Kiwanis Festival - March or April, 2010
5. Clinicians - May, 2010
6. Spring Concert - June 12, 2010

Now, you'll notice that the first item is something quite different from anything done before and I'm quite excited about it. However, before I can plan for it I need some feedback from all of you. Here are the details:
1. Depart Friday, Oct. 16 after work.
2. Spend Saturday with clinicians and a guest conductor.
3. Either have a planned activity for all of us (hot springs, movie, bowling, etc.) or just have time on our own.
4. Spend Sunday morning with the guest conductor and then return home.

Now for the fun part - the cost. The LCBS will be willing to pay for the clinicians, guest conductor and bussing. That leaves $200/person (at most) which would include lodging for 2 nights (double occupancy), all meals and an activity on Saturday night. These rates would go down should you decide to sleep 3 or 4 to a room and if we decide not to do an organized activity on Saturday night. Based on these figures, this means the LCBS will be subsidizing $150/person.

Also, you can get a tax receipt back after paying the $200.

This could be an amazing opportunity for musical growth and teambuilding for our band and I'd like for all of us to carefully consider this proposal. What I need to know from all of you is:

1. Would you be willing to budget $200 (at most) to go to Banff for the weekend?
2. Do the dates of October 16 - 18 work for you?

Please let me know as soon as possible if you think that this is something you could be a part of.

Thanks for considering this!

Karen

Canada Day

Hi everyone,

In a moment of post-concert fatigue, I mistakenly said that we would only need one rehearsal. Bad idea, I think! Sorry about that. We will rehearse on Tuesday, June 23 and Tuesday, June 30 at St. Joseph School in Coaldale. The address is 1413 23 Ave. next to St. Ambrose Church. Park in the parking lot on the west side of the school between the church and the school. The door on the west side of the school that is farthest north will be open.

Also, if anyone would like a recording of the concert, please bring a flash drive to Tracy at rehearsal. Thanks, Tracy!

Karen

Canada Day

Hello everyone,

Just an update on Canada. We will be setting up for the band at Henderson Lake (north side of the lake) at 11:00 so we'll need everyone we can there to help out. Remember, after 11:00 there will be no access to the lake by vehicle so you'll have to park somewhere and then walk. The performance starts at 12:00.

We'll be playing:
O Canada
Rolling Thunder
Amparito Roca
March of the Belgian Parachutists
Country Call

The next ones I'll be handing out to you on June 30:
Grease
Blue Tango
Celtic Dance
Addam's Family
Cartoon Symphony

These are all very easy for us, which is why we'll just run them the night before.

As for dress, we've always worn red and white but if anyone has any other ideas, please let me know.

Karen

WE DID IT!

Hello everyone,

First of all, I would like to congratulate each and everyone of you on a terrific performance on Saturday. Without a doubt, it was our finest performance we've had. We have proven that we are able to handle a much bigger event than we've had in the past. Thank you to all of you your commitment and dedication.

We won't have rehearsal this Tuesday (June 16). I feel that we will only need one rehearsal before Canada so we either have to have a rehearsal either on June 23 or on June 30 (the night before we play). Unfortunately, CCH is unavailable both June 23 and June 30 so we will have to rehearse at my school. I feel that June 30 is our best way to go. So please mark your calendars that Tuesday, June 30 will be the only rehearsal that we have before Canada Day and that it will take place at St. Joseph School in Coaldale (1413 23 Ave.) Also, please let me know if you are unavailable to play at Canada Day.

See you on June 30!

Karen

Concert Order

CONCERT ORDER:

1. O Canada
2. Rolling Thunder
3. Rhosymedre
4. Rondo
5. Old Churches
6. Country Call

Intermission

7. The Dave Renter Quartet (several pieces)
8. March of the Belgian Parachutists
9. Daydreams
10. Harlem Nocturne
11. Amparito Roca

DRESS REHEARSAL:
10:00 - Set-up for everyone
10:20 - Run through Rolling Thunder, Rhosymedre, Old Churches, Country Call, March of the
Belgian Parachutists and Amparito Roca
11:00 - Play through Rondo, Daydreams and Harlem Nocturne with Dave

So?

How many tickets have YOU sold??

6 days left!

Here's the timeline for this week:


Tuesday, June 9
- Regular rehearsal from 7:30 to 9:30.
- Please remember to bring the money that you received from ticket sales to Bonnie.
- Please see me if you do not have a Silver Band shirt.

Friday, June 12
- I will be on "Scene and Heard" with Mark Campbell promoting the concert. This will be between 12:00 pm and 12:30 pm or 11:30 pm and 12:00 am.

Saturday, June 13
- Dress rehearsal will be from 10:00 to 12:00 at the College Drive Community Church.
- Pre-concert warm up will be from 6:30 to 7:00 at the church.
- Concert begins at 7:30.

Jazz Update

Jazz in June

Jazz Jam Session
Tuesday, June 2nd ~ 9pm
@ The Slice

Dave Renter Quartet
Thursday, June 4th ~ 8pm
@ Henotic
(Old Fire Hall Downtown)

Saturday, June 27th ~ 12-2pm
@ Tim Horton's Stage
[Downtown Medicine Hat, AB]

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1st Annual
Lethbridge Jazz Fest
June 19/20th

Contemporary Works Jazz Orchestra (CWJO)
Friday, June 19th ~ 8pm
@ The Slice
Tickets $10

The Contemporary Works Jazz Orchestra (CWJO) is a 17-member jazz ensemble comprised of professional musicians in the Lethbridge area and is directed by saxophonist/composer David Renter. Their repertoire covers a wide variety of music, including classic arrangements from Count Basie & Duke Ellington to modern composers such as Maria Schneider, Thad Jones, & Kenny Wheeler.


Joel Miller Quartet (from Montreal)
(w/David Renter Quartet opening)
Saturday, June 20th ~ 8pm
@ The Slice
Tickets $15

Ever since he first picked up the saxophone at the age of 10, Joel Miller knew he wanted to be a jazz musician. He grew up in a house full of music. His father was a classical composer and professor at Mount Alison University. When he was 18, he moved to Montreal to study jazz at McGill University and has pursued this goal and built a solid career around his original compositions that feature deceptively simple melodies combined with complex harmonic structures. During this concert, Joel plans to focus on compositions from his latest two albums, "Tantramar" and "Mandala". Joining Joel will be Eric St. Laurent on acoustic/electric guitars, Fraser Hollins on bass & Martin Auguste on drums.

Joel & his band will also be giving a workshop Sunday, June 21st @ 2pm in the UofL Fine Arts Building W470 (Tickets are $5 and are available at the door).

What's left to do before the big day?

ELEVEN DAYS UNTIL THE CONCERT!!

With less than two weeks before the concert, we need to be seriously thinking about what we have to do to make this concert a success. Besides the obvious (practising, attending rehearsal, etc.) there are a few more things that we can do to make our hard work and extra time at rehearsal pay off.

1. SELL TICKETS. On Tuesday night, Bonnie will be issuing each of you 5 tickets. You are asked to sell all of these to friends, families, enemies, or whoever (should that be whomever?). If you run out, by all means, GET MORE! The capacity of the church is 700. I don't think we'll reach that but a typical audience size for us is 150 people. We need to at least sell 200 to make this concert worthwhile.

2. TELL THE WORLD. Plaster every surface imaginable with our posters. Email everyone (repeatedly) in your contact list to tell them about our event. In other words, be a pain!

Our committee has worked hard to organize this event. Now it's your turn to do your part. Sell those tickets!!

Karen

Canada Day

Hi everyone,

A few people have asked about Canada Day. We will be performing at 12:00 at Henderson Lake. The only other detail that I have so far is that there will be no vehicle traffic at the park after 11:00. I propose that we arrive at or just before 11:00 to set up everything we need. We will warm-up at 11:45 and play at 12:00.

We will play:
O Canada
Rolling Thunder
Amparito Roca
March of the Belgian Parachutists
Country Call
Rhosymedre

We'll need more music than that so I will be pulling out some "oldies but goodies" from our past. I won't do that until after June 13 though.

Karen

Rehearsal for June 2

Hi everyone,

Thanks for a long but productive rehearsal tonight. We're getting there!

Here's the schedule for next week:
6:30 - Harlem Nocturne Rhythm Section
7:00 - Harlem Nocturne Full Jazz Ensemble
7:30 - Daydreams
7:40 - Rondo
8:00 - March of the Belgian Parachutists
8:20 - Rhosymedre
8:30 - Break
8:40 - Country Call
8:55 - Old Churches
9:05 - Amparito Rocal
9:20 - Rolling Thunder

TWO REHEARSALS LEFT!!

Rehearsal Schedule for May 19

Hi everyone,

Well, there are only four rehearsals until the concert! I hope that all of you have been taking a little time out of your busy schedules to review the "old" stuff and to keep up and the trickier parts. We have two more weeks of clinicians (May 19 and 26) so let's use our time (and clinicians!) wisely! Be sure to ask the any questions that you need to.

Here is the rehearsal schedule for tonight:
6:30 - 8:00 - Clarinet sectionals
7:00 - 8:00 - Sectionals for everyone else
8:00 - 8:10 - Break
8:10 - Daydreams - with David Renter
8:25 - Rondo - with David Renter
8:50 - Rolling Thunder (run through only)
8:55 - Rhosymedre - the focus tonight is playing long moving lines so that the motion doesn't "stall". We need to play it as if we were singing it.
9:05 - Amparito Roca - run through
9:10 - Country Call - transition sections
9:20 - Harlem Nocturne - all, with a focus on articulations

Thanks and see you tonight!

Karen

Rehearsal Schedule for May 12

Hello everyone,

I'm sorry for not updating the blog earlier in the week, but here is what is happening tonight:

Sectionals: 7:00 - 8:00 (except for clarinets - 6:30 - 8:00)
Flutes - Room 152
Clarinets - Room 153
Saxes - Room 154
Horns - Room 144
Low Brass - Eggplant
Trumpets - Room 124

Break - 8:00 - 8:10

Belgian Paratroopers (E - end) - 8:10 - 8:20
Country Call (m. 102 - end) - 8:20 - 8:35
Rhosymedre (focus on ending, also run through) - 8:35 - 8:50
Rondo (59 - end) - 8:50 - 9:05
Daydreams (all) - 9:05 - 9:10
Old Churches and Rolling Thunder (run through) - 9:10 - 9:20
Harlem Nocturne - 9:20 - 9:40

Please check out the new links I've added to the blog for Harlem Nocturne, Daydreams and the Rondo.

See you tonight!

Karen

Update for May 5 Rehearsal

Harlem Nocturne has arrived. The piece will be handed out to the players in the jazz ensemble and will be asked to look at it over the following so that we can rehearse it from 9:10 to 9:30 on Tuesday, May 12. I'm also posting this message on the blog at lethbridgesilverband.blogspot.com. Please remember to arrive by 6:50 tomorrow evening. There will be no clinician for the clarinetists tomorrow but they will rehearse from 6:30 to 8:00 on Tuesday, May 12. On Tuesday, May 26, there will be no clinician for the saxophones.

The clinicians are:
Flute - Susie Staples
Clarinet - Peggy Mezei
Saxophone - Dave Renter
Trumpet - Ed Wasiak
French Horn - Karly Stewart
Low Brass - Nick Sullivan
Percussion - TBA

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WILL BE LATE OR NOT ATTENDING REHEARSAL.
We're just over a month away from our biggest concert to date and we must have everyone at rehearsal!

Karen

Info for next week, May 5

Hi everyone,

Thank you for a terrific rehearsal tonight! I feel that there are a lot of things that are beginning to come together. Let's keep the momentum going!

Here is what is happening next week:

There will be sectionals from 7:00 - 8:00.

It is IMPERATIVE that you are there ready to play BEFORE 7:00!

After that we will be working on:
1. Rondo, measures 17 - 59
2. Daydreams, measure 19
3. Country Call, measures 71 - 102, review measures 1 - 70
4. March of the Belgian Paratroopers, letters A to the end of D
5. Rhosymedre - all, with dynamics
6. Review Rolling Thunder

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Karen

Rehearsal for Tuesday, April 28

Hello everyone,

So far I don't have word yet on whether we will have Harlem Nocturne. Here is what I have planned (in order) for Tuesday's rehearsal:

1. Warm-Up
2. Old Churches - run through
3. Rondo - m. 1-29(please check out the new link I've put on this blog for Mozart's Bassoon Concerto)
4. Daydreams - all
5. Rolling Thunder - run through
6. Rhosymedre - 40 - end
7. Amparito Roca - 66 -98
8. Country Call - review 1 - 33, work 33 - 71
9. March of the Belgian Paratroopers - letter C to E.

In order for us to get all of these things, it's very important that everyone be in their seats and ready to play by 7:30. Ideally, you should arrive 10 to 15 minutes before rehearsal so that you can warm-up and tune.

Please let me and/or your section leader know if you will be late or missing rehearsal.

See you Tuesday!

Karen

Upcoming Performances by Dave Renter

Hello everyone,

Dave Renter (our featured soloist) has a couple of gigs coming up so I thought I'd share the info with you if you'd like to check it out. Maybe we all need to head down to The Slice after rehearsal on May 5th!

Karen

From Dave:

Friday - May 1st 8pm @ Henotic (402 2nd Ave. South)

- I will be playing with James Oldenburg, Kurt Ciesla & Brad Brouwer.

- $5 cover

Tuesday - May 5th 9pm Jazz Jam Session @ The Slice

- Be sure to bring your instrument & sit in with us ~ no cover charge.

Rehearsal for Tuesday, April 21

Hello everyone,

The music for Harlem Nocturne is not in yet so the full band will be rehearsing until 9:30. Daydreams and the Rondo are available so we will be sight-reading this music tonight. We will also be focusing on what I had mentioned in the last posting.

See you tonight!

Karen

Updated Music List

Hello everyone,

Here is the updated music list for the Spring Concert:

March of the Belgian Paratroopers
Old Churches
Rhosymedre
Amparito Roca
Harlem Nocturne (Jazz Ensemble with Dr. Renter)
Daydreams (with Dr. Renter)
Rondo for Wind Band and Solo (with Dr. Renter)
Country Call
Rolling Thunder

Our next rehearsal is on Tuesday, April 21. We should have our new music by then so we will begin rehearsal on that. In order to rehearse Harlem Nocturne with the jazz ensemble, I'd like to dismiss everyone but saxes, trumpets, trombones, percussion and Bonnie on piano by 9:10. The score calls for guitar and bass so if anyone is interested in giving it a shot, please let me know.

Also for our next rehearsal, we will work on Rhosymedre by reviewing the 3 different lines (hymn tune, obbligato, bass line) and also focus on expressivity and intonation.

We will work the first section of the Country Call so PLEASE have your parts learned for then. We will also begin working on March of the Belgian Paratroopers. Again, please have your parts ready for then.

Remember:

PRACTISE to REHEARSE,
REHEARSE to PERFORM

Spring Concert Details

Silver Band Spring Concert

Concert Details:
7:30 p.m. , Saturday, June 13, 2009
College Drive Community Church
Guest Artist: Dr. David Renter

Music:
O Canada
British Eighth
Old Churches
Harlem Nocturne (with Dr. Renter)
Pas Redoublé
Rolling Thunder
Rhosymedre
The Devil Went Down to Georgia (with Dr. Renter)
What A Wonderful World (with Dr. Renter)

Welcome!

Hello everyone,

I thought I would try this as a new means of communication for all of us. I would like to use this blog as an opportunity for me to tell you what my plans are and for you to offer any comments, interesting links or information to other band members. I will do my best to update this often.

Yesterday YouTube, today blogs, tomorrow THE WORLD!

Karen